I am always eager to work with students who are curious and enthusiastic about conservation ecology, effective education, and sustainable development issues. Students with external funding or scholarships are especially welcome. If all you have is good ideas, contact me anyway and we’ll see what we can do to acquire funding.

Here are some broad topics that might be of interest:

	•	Historic and predicted effects of climate change on prairie landscapes and communities as linked eco-social systems.
	•	The intrinsic and instrumental value of organic and conventional farms, protected areas, and urban settings.
	•	Steps that museums and their partners can take to foster cultures of sustainability through research, exhibits, and programs.
	•	Contributions that living and cultural heritage can make to sustainability education and community resilience, especially through ecomuseums.

Prospective graduate students must meet the requirements of the faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and the Biology Department at the University of Regina, or the College of Graduate Studies and Research and the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Saskatchewan.

Past and Current Students

I have been involved in a wide range of student projects, either as a co-supervisor, an external examiner, or as a member of their research committee. Here is a list of the people and their projects, to date:

Co-supervisor:
Neil Sarjeant-Jenkins (M.Ed) – Museums and sustainability; started 2011

External Examiner:
Corey White (M.Ed) – Teacher perspectives on action projects (2010)
Bruce Hanbidge (MSc) – Socio-economic costs of prairie restoration (2007)

Student Research Committees:
Alexis Richardson (MNRM, UofM) – Grazing impacts on prairie songbirds (started 2009)
Kristin Bondo (MSc) – Bat roost energetics (2008)
Christa Beckman (MSc) – Passerine incubation behaviour (2005)
Janna Foster (MSc) - Nesting ecology of Long-billed Curlews (2003)
Ray Poulin (Ph.D) - Small-mammal populations and Burrowing Owl conservation (2003)
Ryan Fisher (Hons) – Day-roost fidelity in Common Nighthawks (2002)
Rachelle McGregor (Hons) - Effects of pasture size on ground squirrels (2001)
Kimberly Dohms (Hons) - Effects of moon and rain on Burrowing Owl hunting (2001)
Dwight Klippenstine (Hons) – Prairie nest parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds (2000)
Megan Watters (Hons) - Influence of nest cover on Sage Grouse nest predation (2000)
Tammy Seida (Hons) - Effects of predation on the nesting ecology of Sage Grouse (1999)